Firmwide Risk Senior Associate

Line of Service

Internal Firm Services

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

IFS - Clients & Markets

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in risk and compliance focus on maintaining regulatory compliance and managing risks for clients, providing advice, and solutions. They help organisations navigate complex regulatory landscapes and enhance their internal controls to mitigate risks effectively.

As a risk management generalist at PwC, you will provide advisory and practical support to teams across a wide range of specialist risk and compliance areas.

Role: Firmwide Risk Senior Associate

Location: Guernsey

Line of Service: Business Enablement – Risk Pillar

Grade: Senior Associate

Contracted Hours per Week: 37.5 hours

PwC Channel Islands Overview

At PwC CI, we help you build, accelerate, and sustain momentum in a world that never stops moving. With our tech-forward and people-empowered network, we provide expert assurance, tax and advisory services to turn challenges into opportunities. Leveraging deep expertise and advanced capabilities, we ensure you’re ready for any future, helping you act boldly and achieve real results.

Job Summary:

As a Firmwide Risk Senior Associate, you will have the opportunity to get involved in a variety of projects and requirements within the firm. You will be working alongside colleagues within the Risk Pillar as well as the Business Enablement function and various Line of Service teams, building relationships and gaining insights across our Channel Islands offices. This role provides an opportunity to develop expertise in areas such as Risk Strategy and Frameworks, Enterprise Risk, Information Security, Data Protection, and Technology Risk. This position requires a proactive individual who is eager to learn, innovate, and directly contribute to safeguarding PwC’s reputation in a rapidly evolving risk landscape.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include:

• Coordinate risk management projects, driving innovation and continuous improvement.

• Engage in the implementation and continuous improvement of Risk and Information Protection programs.

• Support the completion of PwC Network compliance assessments across Enterprise Risk, Information Protection and Information Security.

• Maintain documentation relating to risk activity, including risk management policies and risk assessments.

• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify and address emerging risks and opportunities.

• Facilitate ongoing interaction between different functional heads, including Engagement Leaders.

• Prepare and present management reports, maintaining transparency and accountability.

• Champion best practices in risk management, ensuring compliance and excellence across all areas.

Direct Reports:

This role reports to:

• Firmwide Risk Manager

There are no direct reports into this role.

Qualifications & Certifications:

• Graduate qualification in any area OR

• Willingness to undertake qualification or certificates.

Skills & Experience Required:

Essential skills:

• Strong organisational skills

• Enthusiastic, energetic and driven by a challenge.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders at all levels.

• Proactive, self-motivated and able to take responsibility for own work.

• Know when to be decisive and when to consult.

• Adaptability, attention to detail, and the initiative to drive projects forward.

Travel Requirements:

This role may require travel between the Guernsey and Jersey and occasionally further afield, dependent on business need.

The skills we look for in our people:

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, Evolved PwC Professional.

The Evolved PwC Professional focuses on two core behaviours: Trusted Leadership and Distinctive outcomes. Trusted Leadership is underpinned by core behaviours that Inspire, Empower and Evolve, and Distinctive outcomes is underpinned by behaviours that Champion, Build and Deliver.

Diversity:

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. We aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their unique strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business. https://pwc.to/2vY6KZm.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Coaching and Training, Communication, Compliance Advisement, Compliance Oversight, Compliance Program Implementation, Compliance Risk Assessment, Confidential Information Handling, Contract Review, Contractual Risk Mitigation, Contractual Risk Monitoring, Contract Writing, Creativity, Crisis Management, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Data Security, Discretion and Business Ethics, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Financial Risk Management {+ 32 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

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